Lacing-stud.



l. BORCHER.

LACING STUD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. z. 1917.

Patente 10% 4,1917.

rrn ea a BOBCH ER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

LACING-STUD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4t, 191?.

Application filed March 2, 1917. SeriaI No. 151,925.

To all whom it may concern .1

Be it known that I, THOMAS Boner-Inn, a citizenof the United States, residing at J ersey City, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lacing-Studs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a stud which can be rotated in order to release a lace or other loop member positioned on the stem of the stud. The head of the stud is provided with a series of wings. The lace being looped on the stem between the head and a shoulder will be prevented from slipping off the stem.

The invention is specially adapted for use with a shoe so that when the lacing becomes knotted and cannot be untied the device can be oscillated to slip the lace over one of the wings and by further movement of the head the lace will be released from the stem.

The novel features of the invention are more fully described in the following specification and claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of a stud embodying this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Fig. 3 i a similar view showing the head in a different position.

Fig. 4 is a top View showing the loop about to be released from the stem.

In this drawing the letter a designates a stem which as shown is tubular, and provided with a head (2 preferably integral with the stem. A series of radial wings or arms 0 project from the head. These wings are equally spaced and have curved slots d therebetween extending to the circumference of the stem. The wings are also conveXed so that the ends of the wings will slope. There are three of these wings shown in the drawing, but it will be readily understood that one or any number of wings would accomplish the same result.

The stem has an annular shoulder or flange e and a back f forming a continuous part of the stem. The stud is rotatively mounted on an eyelet g by inserting the lower end of the stem into the eyelet and then bending the end of the stem to form the back as indicated in Fig. 1. The flange and back respectively engage the face and back portions of the eyelet where it is clenched to the material. A cord or lace h is positioned or looped on to the stem between the head and the shoulder.

It will be seen, that the wings preventthe loop of the lace from slipping outwardly oil the stem. When it is desired .torele'ase the lace from the stem the branch of the lace where it diverts from the stem is slipped over the inclined edge of one of the wings as indicated in Fig. 3. The head is then oscillated to the position as shown in Fig. 4: the lace being held by a single wing, a quarter turn of the head will release the lace and the loop will slip from the top of the head.

I claim 1. A lacing stud comprising a stem, and a rotatable head provided with a wing to normally retain a loop member on to the stem, said wing when rotated being made to engage the lace and release it from the stem.

2. A lacing stud comprising a stem provided with a back, and a rotatable head having a wing to normally retain a loop member in engagement with the stem, said wing when rotated being made to engage the lace and release it from the stem.

3. A lacing stud comprising a stem provided with a back and shoulder, and a rotatable head having wings to normally retain a lace in position on the stem between the head and shoulder, said wings when rotated being made to engage a branch portion of the lace and release it from the stem.

4. A lacing stud comprising a stem provided with a back and a shoulder, and a rotatable head having conveXed wings to normally retain a lace in position on the stem between the head and shoulder, said wings when rotated being made to engage a branch portion of the lace and release it from the stem.

5. In a lacing stud the combination with an eyelet, of a stem rotatively cooperating with the eyelet, the stem being provided with a back and a shoulder to coact with the eyelet, and a head having wings to normally retain a lace in position 011 the stem between the head and shoulder, said wings when rotated being made to engage a branch portion of the lace and release it from the stem.

6. In a lacing stud the combination with an eyelet, of a stem rotatively cooperating with the eyelet, the stem being provided with a back and a shoulder to coact with the eyelet, and a head having a series of radially convexed wings projecting from the head to normally retain a lace in position on to the stem between the head and shoulder, ,said wlngs when rotated being made to engage a branch portion of the lace'and release it from the stem.

7 In a lacing stud the combination With a an eyelet, ofa tubular stem mounted to ro- 10 eluding a' head having radially convexed Wings projecting from the head to normally retain a lace 1n position on to the stem between the head and the shoulder.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing 1 copies'of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O. 

